Government food service policies and guidelines do not create healthy school canteens

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-121

  De Silva Sanigorski, Andrea ^a   Breheny, Tara ^b   Jones, Laura ^b   Lacy, Kathleen ^b   Kremer, Peter ^b   Carpenter, Lauren ^a   Bolton, Kristy ^b   Prosser, Lauren ^a   Gibbs, Lisa ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food service; Nutrition; Policy; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; STANDARD;

FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENU PLANNING; NUTRITION POLICY; SCHOOLS; STATE GOVERNMENT; VICTORIA;

EID: 79959868553     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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